Lyrics written from notes written while a trainee… BTS Jin’s dream of ‘happiness’: ZUM News

First solo album ‘Happy’ released today
Title song collaboration with ‘British original male idol’ Take That member Gary Barlow

Jin, a member of BTS, released his solo album ‘Happy’ on the 15th. Provided by Big Hit Music

Jin, a member of the group BTS, drove his car to avoid red fireballs falling from the sky. The red fireballs were huge meteorites that fell to Earth from space. In the music video for his new song ‘Running Wild’ released on the 15th, Jin enjoys daily life with his dog on an earth that is on the verge of destruction.

In this song, Jin sings, “I’m running with all my might, loving as if it was just for us.” According to his agency Big Hit Music, the music video for ‘Running Wild’ contains Jin’s intention to be with his precious people and enjoy the moment no matter what crisis comes. ‘Running Wild’ is an easy-listening rock-style pop ballad song. Gary Barlow, a member of Take That, a famous British male band that dominated the 2000s, participated in writing and composing the lyrics. All lyrics are in English.

Jin released his first solo album ‘Happy’ on this day. The new album contains a total of 6 songs, including the title song ‘Running Wild’ and ‘I Will Be There’. Among the songs included, ‘In Longing’ is a song written based on notes Jin wrote while he was a military trainee. In this song, Jin sings, “I’ll come to you when the warm spring breeze blows.” Jin was discharged from the military last June, late spring, as the song says. He said through his agency, “It was a record of honest emotions, such as ‘My fans are waiting, I have to sing, I have to perform,'” and “As I looked back on my feelings at the time, I expressed my desire to return to my fans as soon as possible in the lyrics.” .

Like the album’s English title, which means ‘happiness’, his solo songs are full of cheerful melodies and hopeful lyrics. Jin said, “I’ve been doing a lot of different activities recently, and seeing the fans liking and being happy while watching the activities made me happy as well,” and added, “I thought, ‘I want to work like this.'” “I think the album ‘Happy’ was able to be released because of the BTS fandom, ‘ARMY,’” he said.

Jin, who was the first of the group members to be discharged from the military, has been active since his discharge. Last August, he participated as a torch relay runner for the 2024 Paris Olympics in France, and communicated informally with fans through the online content ‘Run Seokjin’. A fan event commemorating the release of the solo album will be held on the 16th and 17th at Jangchung Gymnasium in Jung-gu, Seoul.

Reporter Seungjun Yang comeon@hankookilbo.com

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